Regardless of your feelings about Jedis, George Lucas, or J.J. Abrams, the announcement of new Star Wars films is a big deal. Since the release of the first film in 1977, Star Wars has been an unavoidable part of American film culture, not only direc...

is a of a variant of produced in the 1940s at the request of . Coca-Cola was presented to Zhukov by the of the in Europe, —himself a particular fan of Coca-Cola. Zhukov liked it and asked for its color to resemble so that he would not be seen d...

Pundits are calling it "lively," but what last night's Vice Presidential debate really was — was hilarious. It had everything a political hatewatcher could want from a televised argument between two dudes —

Hello, precious flowers. I know it's been a difficult couple days for all of us, what with certain people interrupting certain other people (so rude!) and certain other people suggesting that said interruptors deserve to be hilariously gang-raped (so...

I don't even really know what the fuck an Instagram is, even!
I know sometimes I get linked to photos of people, and it says Instagram on the website instead of Flickr or Imageshack or Naughty America...

The artist famous for works measured in miles wants to drape long, billowing panels of silvery fabric over sections of a Colorado canyon. Not everyone is excited; some residents say art is no excuse for the damage it could cause.

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From the moment the lights dimmed in the Alamo Drafthouse where we first saw Joe Cornish's comedic sci-fi thriller "Attack the Block" at this year's SXSW film festival, we were hooked. Since ...

Anti-piracy group BREIN is caught up in a huge copyright scandal in the Netherlands. A musician who composed a track for use at a local film festival later found it being used without permission in an anti-piracy campaign. He is now claiming at least...

Ask the Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, where to get an abortion, and, if you happen to be in Washington, D.C., she won't direct you to . Instead, she'll suggest you pay a visit to the , an anti-abortion Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC) in Landsdowne,...

Maybe this isn't a newsflash to anyone but me, but, um, . Because some of the statues are set deep into the ground, and because the heads on the statues are disproportionately large, many people (myself included) tend to think of them as just big he...

You might think of Juggalos as face-painting teenagers who love the music of the Insane Clown Posse and can't figure out how magnets work. But to the FBI, they're the newest gang threat, on par with the Crips, Bloods and Aryan Brotherhood.

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People have wanted to communicate with dead loved ones since early history. Those who have lost friends and family members often seek comfort in a last communication. Unfortunately, they become easy targets for fake mediums, who depend on the despera...

Push ups, pull ups and sit ups - the secret to real, functional strength resides in bodyweight exercises. We teach you how to get explosive muscle power using only your own body weight in this exercise series

The , described as "the world's most mysterious manuscript", is a work which dates to the early 15th century, possibly from northern Italy. It is named after the book dealer , who purchased it in 1912.

Just a few weeks ago, we posted about how brain patterns can reveal almost exactly what you're thinking. Now, researchers at UC Berkeley have figured out how to extract what you're picturing inside your head, an...

In case you hadn't noticed, Hollywood execs adore repetition. If it was financially viable enough, they would happily release 400 films a year starring Clint Eastwood as a grizzled ex-cop and Katherine Heigl as his kooky single daughter.
The constant...

We love XBMC media centers for watching movies and TV, but if you like video games, they can do so much more. With a simple plug-in, some configuration, and a USB gamepad, you can play video games straight from your set-top box. As if your media cent...

Though photo manipulation has become more common in the age of digital cameras and image editing software, it actually dates back almost as far as the invention of photography. Gathered below is an overview of some of the more notable instances of ph...

The King has fired his jester. Burger King is parting ways with its ad agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, with whom it has worked since 2004. While the work never succeeded in toppling McDonald's as number 1 hamburger slinger, it certainly recreated B...

Oh, Bank of America... will you never cease to amuse/amaze/horrify us? Yet another computer glitch from this year's Worst Company in America runner-up had one Massachusetts homeowner scratching his head when he received a foreclosure notice from BofA...